sanctions and stronger u.s. sanctions and the company says it is no longer possible to conduct business in iran. at the end of last week iran was in turmoil. currency falling apart and i don't know -- it is what we want but will push us through the red line sooner rather than later. the latest polls. numbers from q research phenomenal. mitt romney has the four point lead over all. before the debate he was down eight points and among women romney's debate performance led to an 18 point reversal. total swing. two candidates with women are tired and romney getting a boost from goldman sachs employees. according to the wall street journal which confirmed big supporters of obama, giving romney $900,000 directly and $900,000 to the super pac. as for an issue we are not hearing much about on the campaign trail housing. the housing market seems pretty good but neither side as such it. joining us to cover all of this, the reason foundation and the reason magazine. great to have you in studio. let's start with a few resea